Iowa 80

[4] Bill Moon, a regional manager for Standard Oil, purchased the land and built the original truck stop in 1964 along the emerging I-80, the 3,000-mile (4,700 km) highway that would directly connect San Francisco with New York.

[2] Initially a small white enamel building surrounded by cornfields, it housed a modest truckers' store, one lube bay and a restaurant.

Since the introduction of trucks requiring diesel exhaust fluid, the fuel island at Iowa 80 has been renovated to include pumps for bulk DEF dispensing.

With over 2,000 locations in the United States and Canada, CAT is now touted as the largest scale company network in the world.

These include Blimpie, Wendy's, Caribou Coffee, Dairy Queen, Orange Julius, Taco Bell, Einstein Bros. Bagels, and Pizza Hut.

Iowa 80 also features a business center with fax machines, logbooks & trip report forms and working stations, along with a small free gym.

[15] In the Modern Marvels episode "Truck Stops" on the History Channel, the dentist states that he is sometimes the "truckers best friend" because he is providing treatment that is usually aimed at "taking them (the drivers) out of pain".

The dentist's office in Iowa 80 accepts both private pay and most all of the major dental insurance plans offered to drivers by companies, making its services accessible to a much wider range of clients.